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Tucked away from most tourists view on the Delaware River isPhiladelphia's lost Civil War fort. Know to a few as the "Fort Saved America", Fort Mifflin was reduced back into the mud, of Mud Island, in November of 1777 during a weeks...

If members of the Lee County, Florida, branch of the NAACP have their way, the Confederate uniform would be removed from a portrait of General Robert E. Lee that currently hangs in the county commission chambers, a local NBC affiliate reported...

In late July of 1864, Confederate troops rode through the town of Chambersburg in a rampage of ransom and burning. From those ashes and the path of destruction, however, a new sense of fellowship developed within the small town—one that...

On Wednesday, the Atlanta, Georgia, chapter of the NAACP found itself being compared to the Taliban and the radical Islamic group ISIS, over its call for the destruction of a massive relief sculpture at Stone Mountain Park. The priceless art the...

Before there was The Union & The Confederacy; There was only America.In 1619 the first African Slaves arrived in America.For 157 years from 1619 to 1776 being as there was no United States; it was flags of Britain, France, Spain, and others...

The Memphis City Council unanimously voted to dig up Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Now, state Rep. Mike Stewart, a Democrat from Nashville, wants the state to stop remembering his birthday, Local Memphis said Monday.For years, Mary...

A shopper perusing items at the Redwood Country Flea Market was so outraged by the presence of Confederate and Nazi memorabilia that he called 911, Kyle Olson reported Sunday at the American Mirror, citing a report at WTNH News. Officers from the...

The Memphis City Council is not content with just removing the Confederate flag but has unanimously voted to dig up the remains of the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest, who later distanced himself...

During the course of the infamous three-day Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate sharpshooters took over the Shriver family’s own home. The used the attic window as a vantage point for firing riffles, took furnishings from the home to build a...

The borough of Gettysburg is bubbling with activities. As you have read previously, the National Military Park has plenty planned in the way of anniversary events and programs, but other locations town-wide will be holding special activity and...

If Al Sharpton and his National Action Network have their way, the military will remove all references to the Confederacy from its bases and rename posts that honor Confederate leaders. On Thursday, Kirsten John Foy, the northeast regional...

According to MSN on Monday, Walmart Stores Inc. made an announcement to remove Confederate flag merchandise from all its stores and its e-commerce site. This decision came after the shooting of nine church members at the Emanuel African Methodist...

Black lives matter: A Charleston statue dedicated to the Confederacy was spray-painted with the racially charged message – written in protest of the fatal shooting of nine black Christians who had gathered to worship inside of a historical...

After the tragic shooting at an African American church in South Carolina all the flags at the state's Capitol building were lowered to half-staff except one: the Confederate flag.According to a June 18 ABC News report the U.S. and South...

A statue of Jefferson Davis, located at the University of Texas, was spray-painted over the weekend by vandals looking to send an anti-slavery and anti-confederacy message. Davis, the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil...